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Best Construction Cost Estimating Solution

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Here is a recommended list of considerations if you are seeking the best construction cost estimating solution for your organization. Collaborative environment – Even if there is only one estimator, it is critical to share current, actionable information with multiple internal and external parties.

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Line Item Construction Cost Estimating – 2020 and Beyond!

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Detailed line item construction cost estimating is a prerequisite to obtaining best value outcomes for facilities / built infrastructure repair, renovation maintenance, sustainability, and new construction projects. A locally researched detailed line item construction cost estimating database plays a key role in this regards.

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BIM, Big Data, and Efficient Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment

Building Information Management

Efficient life-cycle management of the built environment comes down to analyzing large data sets— big data—from several knowledge domains. 3D visualization software products currently promoted as BIM (Building Information Modeling) are not solutions for this task. Collaboration. Evidence-based Management. Granularity.

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LEAN Construction Project Delivery and Facilities Operations, Maintenance, and Life-cycle Management

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Common terms, definitions, & data formats — Common data environment (CDE). Cost estimating. Life-cycle Management. COBie is an information exchange specification for the life-cycle capture and delivery of information needed by facility managers. Shared, performance-based risk/reward. Strategic planning.

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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?

Building Information Management

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus?

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Facility Life-cycle Costs: Managing the Built Environment – BIM?

Building Information Management

What are Facility/Infrastructure Life Cycle Costs? What is life-cycle management? Is BIM the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology? What are the benefits of life-cycle cost management vs. a “first-cost” focus?

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LEAN Construction Delivery, The Primary Challenge to BIM

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LEAN Construction Deliver is the primary challenge to BIM adoption. The solution to improved life-cycle management of the build environment lies within a greater focus upon improving competencies and business processes. Asset Total Cost of Ownership-Efficient Life-cycle Management Model.

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